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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11396
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14342
13 Actual Demand 11113
14 Aggregate Planning 12044
15 Air Cargo 9972
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6563
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34720
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15283
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19081
20 Assembly Line 22067
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22847
22 Average Speed of Answer 26484
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22933
24 Batch Production 38051
25 Bill Discounting 14363
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11072
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7056
28 Blanket Release 9909
29 Bonded Warehouse 9982
30 Booking Number 13645
31 Bottleneck 9394
32 Buffer Stock 58872
33 Build to Stock 12843
34 Bullwhip Effect 9458
35 Business Logistics 25426
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12467
37 Capacity Management 40134
38 Capacity Utilization 13963
39 Capital Intensive 8283
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8597
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12014
42 Certified Supplier 8904
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9191
45 Co-managed Inventory 12361
46 Co-Packers 11675
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6770
48 Computer-Based Training 7613
49 Consular Invoice 19583
50 Container Depot 10522
51 Container Freight Station 10216
52 Continuous Replenishment 19366
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11973
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7886
57 Cost Flow 10183
58 Courier Service 15095
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11691
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43870
62 Date Code 18063
63 Days of Supply 19694
64 Dead on Arrival 9115
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8009
67 Detective Control 8824
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10767
70 Dispatching 24215
71 Distributed Inventory 8277
72 Distribution Channel Management 34488
73 Distribution Metrics 8969
74 Distribution Planning 24080
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15083
76 Double Marginalization 52480
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22174
78 Dual 5377
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26042
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38148
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49387
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7534
84 Efficient Frontier 25291
85 Engineer-to-Order 31565
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16252
87 Erlang B Formula 9257
88 ETD 8243
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13354
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9967
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9968
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26835
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
101 FOB Destination 12921
102 Forward buying 29936
103 Freight Charge 10239
104 Freight Consolidation 7450
105 Gantt Chart 8222
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11618
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29419
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12581
109 Hub 23279
110 Idle Time 7984
 
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